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Announced at GAVI's first pledging conference, the commitments exceeded the Geneva-based organization's $3.7 billion goal, and will enable it to reach more children faster and accelerate the introduction of new vaccines....

A Ford spokesman told the Jewish Daily Forward that the foundation's commitments to Israeli programming had never been open-ended, and that the decision not to renew the funding was due to a broad reassessment of the foundation's priorities....

Despite a number of significant commitments, international donors have so far given or pledged $125 million — 27 percent of the amount requested by the UN last week — to help victims of the historic flooding in Pakistan....

Although some Silicon Valley donors have maintained their giving this year, in part because of multiyear charitable commitments or out of a sense of obligation, others are giving more selectively, at least for now....

Although meeting organizers said they expected less money to be pledged this year as a result of the global financial crisis, commitments made exceeded the total dollar value of commitments made at the 2008 meeting by $1.4 billion....

During the second day of the Clinton Global Initiative, foundations, nongovernmental organizations, and corporations announced thirteen commitments designed to improve health care, education, and economic opportunity for women and girls worldwide....

According to Clinton Global Initiative CEO Robert Harrison, the value of the commitments unveiled at this week's summit will be less than the $8 billion worth of commitments made in 2008....

The GM Foundation, which fulfilled its 2008 commitments and a few funding requests earlier this year, does not have a 2009 grantmaking budget or immediate plans to resume its charitable giving....